# Centricus

> Centricus is a VC fund in London backing Fashion and Analytics. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/centricus/about/
- Website: http://www.centricus.com

Centricus is a global investment platform, backed by a select group of sophisticated, global, and long-term investors. Using its unique global relationship network, Centricus originates, structures, and manages investments across all asset classes, sectors, and geographies. The firm works in partnership with its management teams and network ofstrategic advisors to deliver superior absolute returns, over the long term.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Centricus. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Centricus. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/centricus?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fashion | 2 | 25% |
| Analytics | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 13% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dalinc Ariburnu | Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dalinc-ariburnu |
| Dandy Sulit | Accountant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dandy-sulit |
| Garth Ritchie | Leads Capital Markets & Advisory business | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garth-ritchie |
| Josh Purvis | COO and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-purvis-1d4f |
| Nizar Al-Bassam | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nizar-al-bassam-2999 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arqit | Arqit develops a quantum encryption platform. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England. | $70M | Post-IPO Equity | Sep 07, 2021 |  |
| Virtualitics | Our patented technology is based on over 11 years of research at the California Institute of Technology and NASA/JPL and supported by a talented team of data scientists, designers and engineers with several hundred publications in the field of artificial intelligence and data visualization. Powered by a suite of AI-enabled products,Virtualitics provides a rapidly deployable end-to-end solution that quickly preprocesses and fuses data sources, builds predictive AI models, and leverages our best-in-class data analytics and visualization platform for exploration and collaboration in either desktop or virtual reality. | $18.1M | Series B | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Virtualitics | Our patented technology is based on over 11 years of research at the California Institute of Technology and NASA/JPL and supported by a talented team of data scientists, designers and engineers with several hundred publications in the field of artificial intelligence and data visualization. Powered by a suite of AI-enabled products,Virtualitics provides a rapidly deployable end-to-end solution that quickly preprocesses and fuses data sources, builds predictive AI models, and leverages our best-in-class data analytics and visualization platform for exploration and collaboration in either desktop or virtual reality. | $18.1M | Series B | Apr 14, 2021 |  |
| Exyn Technologies | Exyn Technologies is a spin-off of the GRASP Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania and is commercializing over a decade of research and development in the area of autonomous flight and aerial robotics. Exyn is creating drone platforms that do not rely on human control or GPS information. Exyn's unique technology is built upon the fusionof multiple redundant sensors, mapping for obstacle avoidance, and autonomous flight planning. Exyn’s robots are highly differentiated and robust, making them ideal and practical for complex commercial environments. | $16.7M | Series A | Jun 28, 2019 |  |
| Tamara Mellon | Tamara Mellon offers apparel and accessories for women. It offers shoes, including sandals, boots, pumps, flats, and legging boots; bags and accessories; and ready to wear solutions, such as dresses, jumpsuits and rompers, tops and knitwear, pants and skirts, and jackets and outerwear. Tamara Mellon sells its products through retail and onlinestores in the United States and internationally. Jill Layfield and Tamara Mellon founded in 2011, with its headquarters in New York City. | $50M | Series C | Jun 17, 2019 |  |
| ClearForce | ClearForce is an analytic technology company and leading provider of Behavioral Data-as-a-Service (BDaaS). ClearForce enables organizations to discover and act upon early behavioral indicators that signal risk to the organization, customers, co-workers, and self-harm. Our solution extends to any public or private sector use case where people createrisk. | $3.7M | Seed | Jun 04, 2018 |  |
| Virtualitics | Our patented technology is based on over 11 years of research at the California Institute of Technology and NASA/JPL and supported by a talented team of data scientists, designers and engineers with several hundred publications in the field of artificial intelligence and data visualization. Powered by a suite of AI-enabled products,Virtualitics provides a rapidly deployable end-to-end solution that quickly preprocesses and fuses data sources, builds predictive AI models, and leverages our best-in-class data analytics and visualization platform for exploration and collaboration in either desktop or virtual reality. | $7M | Series B | Feb 28, 2018 |  |
| Chalayan | Chalayan LLP designs and develops fashion apparels. |  | Private Equity | Jan 22, 2018 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Venture Reality Fund/VRF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venture-reality-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [North Sound Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-sound-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel List](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-list-a880) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Corecam Family Office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corecam-family-office) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in-q-tel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IP Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ip-group-plc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Centricus invest in?

Centricus invests primarily in Fashion, Analytics and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Centricus?

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### Who are the partners at Centricus?

The team at Centricus includes Dalinc Ariburnu (Co-Founder), Dandy Sulit (Accountant) and Garth Ritchie (Leads Capital Markets & Advisory business), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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